Tax Authorities Should Maintain Discipline To Follow Decisions Of Higher Authorities : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court, recently, observed that in order to avoid utter chaos in administration of tax laws, decisions made by higher authorities ought to be adhered to. It noted that if the decisions of higher authorities are not followed, the same would also lead to undue harassment of assessees."Unless the discipline of adhering to decisions made by the higher authorities is maintained, there...

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Another Petition Filed By Teesta Setalvad's NGO CJP Challenging Anti-Conversion Laws Of 5 More States

In a separate petition filed before the Supreme Court of India, the Centre for Justice and Peace (CJP) has challenged five more religious conversion laws. In the earlier petition filed in 2021, the CJP had challenged religious conversion laws of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh. Initially, a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice S.A Bobde, Justice...

Second Petition For Divorce On Grounds Like Cruelty, Desertion, Adultery Not Hit By Res-Judicata When Founded On New Facts: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently said that as far as grounds for dissolution of marriage are concerned, they are of continuing nature. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan held that when the cause of action is of continuing and recurring nature, the subsequent petition for divorce will not be hit by res judicata. "The facts which constitute the grounds of cruelty, desertion or adultery as the case...

'Meat Affordable Means of Protein For Poor': Supreme Court On Plea To Curb Killing Of Animals

The Supreme Court on Friday(February 2) heard a plea which seeks the curb the killing of animals and to switch over to lab-generated meat for consumption. A Bench Justices KM Joseph and JB Pardiwala informed that it will hear the matter after the judgement in the Jallikattu matter is delivered and therefore, deferred it by a month. "There's a Constitution Bench which is hearing...

Non Creamy Layer Certificate Dispute: Bombay High Court Directs Mumbai University To Grant Admission To OBC Candidate In LLM Course

The Bombay High Court has directed University of Mumbai to grant admission to a law graduate in the LLM course, observing that there is no such requirement that Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) certificate application must precede the registration process.“If we take the averment in the Petition at face value that the rejection was on the ground that the receipt of the fresh application could not be...

Interim Victim Compensation Cannot Be Imposed As A Condition For Bail: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that interim victim compensation cannot be imposed as a condition for bail."Victim compensation is simultaneous with the final view taken in respect of the alleged offence, i.e., whether it was so committed or not and, thus, there is no question of any imposition pre-finality of the matter pre-trial", the bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka...

Remembering Shanti Bhushan : A Look At Notable Cases Fought By Him

Acclaimed lawyer and Senior Advocate Shanti Bhushan passed away at his home in Delhi at 7PM on 31st January. He was aged 97 years. Shanti Bhushan also served as the Union Law Minister from 1977 to 1979 during the post-emergency era in the Morarji Desai government. During his illustrious career that ran for over six decades, Bhushan was not just a part of but also pivotal to several important cases before the Supreme Court of India. Few of those cases are as follows: State of Uttar...

From Beedi Factory Worker In Kerala To Judge In USA: Inspirational Journey Of Surendran K Pattel

Life will always throw challenges your way but what matters is how you come out of it. People who have fought it all and reached the top are always an inspiration to many. One such person is Surendran K Pattel — the 240th Judicial District Court judge in Texas’ Fort Bend County.An Indian by origin, Pattel hails from a remote village in Kerala called Balal and had to face a lot of...

Arbitrator’s Power To Grant Interim Measures Is pari passu With Court’s Powers Under S. 9 Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has ruled that, post the Amendment Act of 2015, the powers of the Arbitrator to grant interim measures under Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (A&C Act), is pari passu with the powers of the Court under Section 9 of the Act. The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf remarked that the test applicable for granting interim...

'Democracy Has Nowhere Collapsed Due To Judiciary Overprotecting Human Rights' : Arvind Datar Defends Basic Structure Doctrine

While delivering the 19th Justice P. D. Desai Memorial Lecture on the topic 'Fifty Years of Basic Structure - Judicial Overreach or Constitutional Necessity', Senior Advocate Arvind Datar on Saturday said that the basic structure does not act as a stumbling block or thwart an elected government's proposal for social reform. He also said that the Supreme Court has never come in the way of...

Extension Of Research VISA Was Obtained By Concealing Facts, Liable To Be Deported Forthwith: Rajasthan High Court Dismisses Yemeni National’s Appeal

The Rajasthan High Court on Friday dismissed the appeal of a Yemeni national who had got his research VISA extended by claiming that he had obtained admission for PhD at Vivekanand Global University, Jaipur.The division bench of the Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, while upholding the order of the single judge, said the facts of the case speak for itself...

‘12,471 Cases Disposed of by Supreme Court, While 12,108 Cases Instituted in Last Three Months,’ Chief Justice DY Chandrachud

As the Supreme Court of India prepares to complete a quarter of a year under the leadership of Chief Justice Chandrachud, the senior most judge of the top court revealed that 12,471 cases were disposed of in that duration, as against the 12,108 cases that were filed, indicating that the rate of disposal has been higher than the rate of the institution of cases in the last three months....